We humans have a long history of trying to avoid taxes, or at least minimise our exposure. A quick jaunt through Dublin's city centre will reveal more than a few Georgian houses with bricked up windows (an attempt to avoid window tax) and Mansard roofs (seemingly created to avoid a floor tax, however this appears to be false).

Don't worry men, you are not the only targets of a gender specific tax. In 19th century India, women of lower castes had to pay a tax called a mulakkaram if they wanted to cover their breasts when in public (modesty being a right of the upper classes, only).

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